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fefficcra, 

(Scntfcmcn of t^c Councif aiift 

^fanfting Committcca. 

1900. 



GOVERNOR, 

HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS, 
Los Angeles. 

DEPUTY GOVERNOR . 

Hon. Erskine Mayo Ross. 

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 

Spencer Roane Thorpe. 

SECRETARY AND TREASURER, 

Harrison Babcock Alexander, 

Room 420 Henne Block, Los Angeles. 
REGISTRAR, 

Edward Thomas Harden, 

2331 Thompson St., Los Angeles. 
HISTORIAN, 

Bradner Wells Lee. 

CHANCELLOR, 

George Jules Denis. 

SURGEON, 

John Randolph Haynes, M. D. 

CHAPLAIN, 

Rev. Alexander Moss Merwin. 






GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, 
Term Expiring 1900. 

Hon. Klisha Williams McKinstry, 

Frederick Hastings Rindge, 

WiLLARD ATHERTON NiCHOLS. 
Term Expiring 1901. 

Hon. Cameron Erskine Thom, 

Captain Josiah Alonzo Osgood, 

Hon. George Eli Hall. 

Term Expiring 1902. 

Frank Putnam Flint, 

Isaac Hilliard Polk, 

Cameron DeH.art Thom. 
committee on membership. 
George Jules Denis, 

Frank Putnam Flint, 

Edward Thomas Harden, 

Bradner Wells Lee, 

Spencer Roane Thorpe. 

committee on historical documents. 
Bradner Wells Lee, Chairman Ex-Officio, 
Philip King Brown, M. D., 

Walter Augustus Hawley, 

William Hammond Wright. 
committee on e ntertai n m ent, 
Captain Josiah Alonzo Osgood, 
George Jules Denis, 

Hervey Darneal, 

John Randolph Haynes, M. D., 

Motley Hewes Flint. 
delegates to the general society, 
Rev'. William Augustus Brewer, 
George Timothy Klink, 

Frederick Hastings Rindge, 

Captain Albert Henry PaysotT, 
Holdridge Ozro Collins. 
alternates, 
Edwin Rodolph Dimond, 

Hon. George Eli Hall, 

Frederick Schander Moody, 

Henry Atherton Nichols, 
Commander Josiah Rumball Stanton, U. S. N. 
deputy governor general, 
Spencer Roane Thorpe. 






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ALEXANDER, Harrison Babcock, Lawyer, 

Brewer, Rev. William Augustus, Clergyman, . 

Brown, Frank Lampson, Merchant, .... 

Brown, Philip King, M. D., Physician, 

Collins, Holdridge Ozro, Lawyer, .... 

CowLES, William Northrope, Manufacturer, 

Darneal, Hervey, Law Reporter, 

Denis, George Jules, Lawyer 

DiMOND, Edwin Rodolph, Merchant 

Fenner, Charles Putnam, U. S. Customs Inspector, 
Flint, Frank Putnam, U. S. District Attorney, 
Flint, Motley Hewes, U. S. Post Office Inspector, 

Hall, Charles Lander, Trader St 

Hall, Hon. George Eli, Turkish Consul General, etc.. 

Hall, Maurice Arthur, Secretary Turkish Consulate Gen 

Harden, Edward Thomas, Electrician, 

Hawley, Walter Augustus, Merchant, ... 

Haynes, John Randolph, M. D., Physician, 

Klink, George Timothy, Auditor Southern Pacific Co., 

Klink, William Marcv, Accountant, 

Lee, Bradner Wells, Lawyer, .... 

McKinsTRY, Hon. Elisha Williams, Lawyer, . 

Ex-Justice Supreme Court of California, 
Merwin, Rev. Alexander Mo.ss, Clergyman, 
Moody, Frederick Schander, Merchant, . 
Nichols, Henry Atherton, Banker, 
Nichols, Willard Atherton, Civil Engineer, 
Osgood, Josiah Alonzo, Civil and Mechanical Engineer, 
P.\YSON, Albert Henry, Civil Engineer, 
Polk, Isaac Hilliard, Miner, . . ..,.,. 
Prescott, Frank Clarke, Capt. 43d Regt. U. S. V., . 
Rindge, Frederick Hastings, Manufacturer, 
Ross, Hon. Erskine Mayo, U. S. Circuit Judge . 
Stanton, Commander Josiah Rumball, U. S. Navy, 
Thom, Hon. Cameron Erskine, .... 

Thom, Cameron De Hart, Rancher 

Thom, Catesby Charles, Law Student, ... 
Thorpe, Spencer Roane, Rancher, .... 
Wright, Wjlmam Hammond, Astronomer, 



. Los Angeles 

San Mateo 

San Francisco 

San Francisco 

. Los Angeles 

San Francisco 

Alameda 

Los Angeles 

San Francisco 

Manila, Luzon 

. Los Angeles 

Los Angeles 

Michaels, Alaska 

San Francisco 

1, San Francisco 

Los Angeles 

Santa Barbara 

Los Angeles 

San Francisco 

San Francisco 

. Los Angeles 

San Francisco 

Pasadena 

Burlingame 

Cambridge, Mass. 

Redlands 

Los Angeles 

San Mateo 

Los Angeles 

Philippine Lslands 

. Santa Monica 

Los Angeles 

. Mare Island 

Los Angeles 

Glendale 

Los Angeles 

Los Angeles 

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^an ^vanexBCO Chapter 

of fgc 

^ociet^ of Col'oniat' li)(XXB 

in (6< 

^tatc of Cafifovnia. 



local secretary 
Philip King Brown, M. D. 

No. 1220 Sutter Street. 



Ttje Sao Francisco Chapter was orgaQized on pebruary 3, 1898, 
uoder tl^e provisions of (Article XV of the State Society By-Laws. 
"Members of tl^e California State Society residing with)in a radius 
of fifty miles of Sao Francisco sinall be eligible for merobership 
iO this Chapter." 



Officers an^ Committees. 
1900. 



president, 
Edwin Rodolph Dimond. 

'vice-'president, 
Hon. George Eli Hall. 

secret ar y- treasurer, 
Philip King Brown, M. D. 

committee on (membership, 

Rev. William Augustus Brewer. 

George Timothy Klink. 

committee on entertainment, 

Frederick Schander Moody, 

Captain Albert Henry Payson. 




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of Colonial "CClars. 



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gird at San TOatrn, QIalifnrnia, 

Frbruarg 115, 1899. 



IX^iUiam (^nt^on^ &Uv^in 

fflotancl nf the Hlnitrd States ^rint;. 

Born at 'dCotsdam, -Xm ^lork, TOay 15, 1839, 

gicil at TOiddlrtoiun, Nn\x H)ovk, 

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liovn at iNI'rmport, lKrut«rlu\ }hx\v 24, 1859, 
gird at Qlcbu, Philippine islands, 
Scptrmhcr 7, 1899. 




Centfcmen : 

At the convening; of our Fourth General Court on December 
2 J, 1899, there were thirty-eight gentlemen of this Society. Since 
that date, Rev. Alfred Lee Brewer, D. D., Gjlonel William Anthony 
Elderkin and Captain Charles Lee Collins have died, and we have 
elected three new members, Frank Lampson Brown, VCilliam 
Northrope Cowles and Maurice Arthur Hall, all of San Francisco, 
our number remaining unchanged. Since the organization of this 
Society, we have received into membership fifty gentlemen, and we 
have lost twelve by death and resignation. 

Mr. Fenner has been appointed Inspector of Customs at Manila, 
Luzon, and Mr. Prescott was commissioned a Captain in the Forty- 
third Regiment of Infantry, U. S. V., and he is now serving with 
his Command in the Philippine Islands. 

The death of Dr. Brewer, in the midst of his usefulness was a 
great loss, not only to this Society, but to the State of California, for 
which he had done so much in the religious and intellectual educa- 
tion of her youth. 

The Veteran, William Anthony Elderkin, a Colonel of the 
United States Army, after a life of valuable service to his country, 
whose name shines on the roll at Washington, of those who have 
deserved well of their fellow men, after a prolonged illness, quietly 
departed from us 

' ' Like one who wraps the drapery of his coucli 
Abmii hitn, and lies down to pleasant dreams.''' 

The sudden death at Cebu, of Captain Collins, and the almost 
immediate following of his young widow, were particularly 
mournful. 

We all bow with submission to the fiat that takes from us those 
who have fulfilled their missions, and who drop from us and their 



life's earned rewards, like the ripened Autumn leaf ; but why, in the 

eternal economy of human affairs, we should be compelled to suffer 

the loss of dear friends, relatives and companions, in the flower of 

their life, whose presence makes existence sweeter to us, who seem to 

be a necessity in the duties devolving upon them, cut down when 

the future presents a career of brilliant and honorable usefulness, is 

a mystery which will never be solved for us this side the Gates of 

Paradise. 

' ' / came like water, and like wind J go. ' ' 

We have caused Memorials to the memory of these departed 
associates, with expressions of profound sympathy for their families, 
to be spread at larg:e upon our records, that they who, in the coming 
years shall have charge of this Society, may read the evidence of 
our esteem for those whose names no longer remain upon our 
Membership Roll. 

Our Annual Roster for J 899 contained the Seal, Vignette and 
Flag of the California Society, and the Flag of the General Society. 
With this number we present a fac-simile of the Seal, Insignia and 
Certificate of Membership which are issued only by the General 
Society, and the portraits of nearly all of our members. It is hoped 
that we will be able to obtain engravings of all of the gentlemen 
composing this Society, for insertion in future publications. 

At the Second General Assembly of our Society, held in Balti- 
more, Maryland, on May 10, 1899, Mr. Frederic J. de Peyster was 
unanimously re-elected Governor General. It is a matter of congratu- 
lation that this gentleman is to continue in the responsible position 
which he has occupied so satisfactorily to all, since the organization 
of the Society. 

It gives me pleasure to announce the promotion of Mr. Stanton 
in the Navy, on January 20, 1900, to be Pay Inspector, with the 
rank of Commander. 




C^/UCuS^ 



Governor. 



Los Angeles, 

March 1, 1900. 



" Genus et Proavos et Quae non Fecimus ipsi 
Vix EA Nostra Voco." 




MLATE 

'ALffiD L[t BWiD.D 




Colonel milllditt Jinthonv Elderkin 



( DECEASED ) 




Captain Charles Ccc Collins 



( DECEASED ) 




I>arrv Uloodvilk Catham 



! DECEASED 




Harrison Babcock jRkxandcr 




Rc\>. lUllHam jRugustus Brewer 




Trank Campson Brown 




Philip Kin9 Brown, Itl. D. 




6eorge 3uk$ Denis 




€dwin Rodolpb Dimond 




Trank Putnam Tlint 




motkv Rcwcs Tlint 




l)on. 6corge Eli Rail 




Edwara Chotnas fiiritn 




Ulalter Jiugustus l>awley 




3ohn Randolph l>avne$, m. D. 




George Cimothy Klink 




Bradner Ulclls Cce 




Ron. eiisha U!illiams mcHinsfry 




Rcu. Alexander moss merwin 




Reitrv Hthcrfon nichols 




UJillard J\mrm nichols 




3o$iah Jllonzo Osgood 



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JJIKrf Rcnrv Payson 




Isaac l>illlardiPolk 




Captain Tranh Clarke Prescott 




Trcdcrick Rastings Rindgc 




1)011. Erskine mayo Ross 




3o$iah RumDall Stanton. U. S. n. 




Ron. Cameron €r$kinc Chom 




Cameron D« Rart Chom 
CatesDy Charles Chom 




Spencer Koanc Chorpe 




Ulilliam l>aminond Ulrigm 



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Society? of Colonial Mare, 

in tbe 

State of California. 



©mce of tbc 1Reg(6trar. 



Dear Sir: 

At a Special Court of this Society, the following Reso- 
lutions ■were unanimously adopted, viz.: 

" RESOLVED : That all of the members of this 
Society be and they are hereby requested 
to deliver to the Registrar their autobi- 
ographies embracing the principal events 
of their lives, and such other occurrences 
in their experiences as they may desire to 
have perpetuated, for the use of the So- 
ciety, or the information of their children, 
and that said autobiographies be spread 
at large upon the records of the Registrar, 

"RESOLVED: That the same be printed in 
suitable shape under the direction of the 
Historian when the amount of money in the 
Treasury shall warrant such an expense. 

"The members are further requested to for- 
■ward to the Registrar their photographs 
in cabinet size. Said photographs shall 
be preserved in suitable albums among 
the records and archives of the Society." 

The plan set forth in the foregoing Resolutions, of having 
the personal history of the members perpetuated upon our 
records, has met with the general approval of the gentle- 
men of this Society. 



It is intended that these biographies shall cover only the 
personal experiences of our members, and not embrace any 
facts concerning their ancestors, as provision is made, under 
Article XXI of the By-Laws, for an Ancestral Record. 

It is earnestly hoped that you -will prepare and forward 
to the Registrar, without delay, the history of your life con- 
taining the most marked events, such as date and place of 
birth; where educated; what College degrees or other honors 
have been conferred upon you; your profession or avocation; 
offices held; maiden name of ■wife; place and date of mar- 
riage; names and dates of birth of children, etc., etc. 



The collection of photographs of our members has become 
very interesting, and 'we trust you will not delay in forTward- 
ing a cabinet size photograph of yourself, with your auto- 
graph upon the face of the card. 

We require the cabinet size photographs as this is the 
most convenient dimension for preservation in albums. 

Trusting you -wrill give these matters your immediate 
attention, I have the honor to subscribe myself. 

Yours very sincerely. 



Registrar of the Society of Colonial "Wars 
in the State of California. 



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